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Fresh Harvests Selected For You Jan 31-Feb 3, 2023

What our subscribers have to say about SLO VEG:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review“What are your favorite features and qualities of SLO Veg?”
“Great quality, fresh, local produce. Diverse, seasonal produce selection. Fun & good quality marketplace options. Various size options, all at an affordable price point! Delivery service. Wonderful emails each week w/ updates & recipes. Friendly, efficient staff who are always willing to help!” – Amber B.

 

This Week’s Flavorful Harvests:

Fresh “Sweet Mix” Salad Blend (red/green romaine, oak leaf, lola rosa, green leaf)
– Babe Farms Specialties, Inc
Broccoli Crowns – Beachside Produce
Sugar Snap Peas – A Casas
Red Kohlrabi (med/lrg boxes) – Babe Farms Specialties, Inc
Shanghai Baby Bok Choy (sm/med/lrg boxes) – Beachside Produce
Baby Red Beets – Babe Farms Specialties, Inc
Organic Cilantro Bunch – MG Farms
Fennel Bulb with Fronds (sm/med/lrg boxes) – Beachside Produce
Brussels Sprouts – Martinon Farms
Organic “Lisbon” Lemons – Raoul Wise Farms
Blood Oranges (itty bitty boxes) – Food 4 Thought, LLC
Organic Sweet Cara Cara – Raoul Wise Farms
Sweet Pomelo or Melogold Grapefruit – L&C Smith Groves
Baby Orange French Carrots – Babe Farms Specialties, Inc
Pink Lady, Granny Smith, Fuji or Red Delicious Apples –  Food 4 Thought, LLC

We Guarantee Every Farmers Harvests. If you don’t love it, we’ll replace it!

This Week’s Fresh Fruit Boxes:

Mandarinquats (eat them whole), Blood Oranges, Kiwifruit, Sweet Melogold, Star Ruby, Pomelo Grapefruit, Organic Granny Smith Apples, Navel Oranges, Sweet Cara Cara Navel Oranges, Satsuma Mandarins, Paige Mandarins, Meyer Lemons, Lisbon Lemons, Limes, Organic Pink Lady Apples, Red”Modi” Apples
View our recipe pages for inspiration

~ All boxes will be filled with a great assortment, not all boxes will receive every item available ~

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Minimizing Food Waste in 2023

Celery tip: Wrap celery tightly with aluminum foil after washing. Stores fresh up to a month in your crisper!

Always Prep Your Fruits & Veggies:

Tips for increasing the “Shelf Life” for all items you receive! 

We highly recommend these great tips for preparing & storing your produce so it lasts up to two weeks or more!  Rinse all of your delicate items, store in containers or baggies in your crisper.  There are very few items that do not require prepping ahead of time. Fruit is okay to store on countertop 2-3 days, otherwise refrigerate.
Click to view all of our helpful tips > here.

Hooray For Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice! 

Fresh Squeezed OJ will be available to add on with your deliveries beginning February 21, 2023!
We will begin offering 1/2 gallons of: Mandarin Orange, Blood Orange, and Mandarin Blood Orange Blend!

Be on the look out for next week’s marketplace email to shop and add with your deliveries!

 

 

Healthy & Delicious Paired Harvest Recipes:

This Week’s Fresh Fish:

Thresher Shark
Alaskan Cod fillets for non-shark subscribersI had the privilege of speaking with Aaron with Giovanni’s Fish Market today to learn more about shark and how to share preparing it.  Aaron grew up fishing for years with his dad in San Diego. When preparing fresh shark, he always recommends soaking the shark steaks in buttermilk (or) milk for several hours prior to cooking. Soaking prior enhances the fish and takes out any aftertaste, while offering a clean finish with every bite.  It’s not necessary but recommended. After soaking you’re welcome to rinse, or go ahead and bread it with the milk on.

Aaron loves his shark pan sautéed, poached, breaded and baked, breaded and fried, or grilled with veggies shish-kabob style. Thresher shark is not a common fish we’ll get to offer you!  We hope you enjoy this week’s treat.  Bon Appetit.

Fish Paired Recipes:
Giovanni’s Recipe: Thresher Shark In Spicy Tangerine Marinade
Yummly Recipes for Thresher Shark
Pinterest Recipes for Thresher Shark
Giovanni’s Recipe: Alaskan Cod Seared with Green Gazpacho Sauce

Grilled thresher shark – The Stay at Home Chef
In a shallow dish, soak the thresher shark in the milk for 30-60 minutes. 2. Remove the shark from the milk and rinse it under cold water. 3. In a new dish, squeeze the lemon juice over the shark steaks and pour soy sauce and vinegar over. Season with ginger, red pepper flakes, and garlic powder, turning so that both sides are coated.

Fish is supplied by Giovanni’s Fish Market and Grotto in Morro Bay

Fish subscribers, please remember to set out an insulated cooler with a frozen gel pack or plenty of ice in it on your scheduled delivery day. Should we need to leave one, please set it out for return on your next delivery. We recycle. Thank you!

~ Additional Seafood Offerings ~

Seafood items below (*) will arrive frozen to ensure you’re thawing when ready to prepare:

*Lobster Tail – 8oz tail
*Crab Claws – 16oz portion
Prawns – Small 8oz or Large 16oz portions
Scallops – Small 8oz or Large 16oz portions
King Salmon – Small 8oz or Large 16oz portions

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Wild Bread Co Sourdough Schedule

  “Classic” Sourdough Bread offered Weekly
Specialty Bread Schedule:
February 7: Black Pepper Parmesan
February 14: Sun Dried Tomato & Herb
February 21: The Everything
February 28: Cranberry WalnutPinterest Ideas For Sourdough Sandwich Recipes Click >Here

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It’s So Easy ~ Enjoy Making Your Own Vinaigrettes!

As for how to use your vinaigrettes, don’t feel limited to lettuce. Your salad dressing can also be a great quick marinade for meat, seafood, or vegetables. Or serve your vinaigrette with bread for dipping, drizzle it over sliced fresh tomatoes and mozzarella, use it as a sauce for steamed artichokes, or toss with roasted or grilled vegetables like asparagus, potatoes, eggplant, and summer squash.  Here at SLO Veg we also love drizzling a balsamic glaze on top of our ice cream with fresh berries. It’s so darn good.How to make vinaigrette from super basic to extra fancy shared from Epicurious click >here

 

 

PARTNERED ARTISAN CHAPARRAL GARDENS

Chaparral Gardens is 20 acres of natural landscape along with a 2 acres organic farm. Our wonderful micro climate, in the California Central Coast, allows us to grow a wide variety of fruits, herbs, and vegetables. All work to create our products is done by hand, from pulling weeds to hand labeling.Chaparral Garden’s started their vinegar by accident when in 2005 they wound up with an overstock of raspberries. They made some vinegar for friends and family as gifts and to their surpise received amazing praise. They decided to start selling at their farmers market stand and popularity soared there, as well.

Each bottle of vinegar starts with hand selected, hand picked fruits, herbs, and vegetables grown on their small organic farm. The fruits and herbs are placed in small vats along with an organic Kosher base vinegar.

Our balsamic vinegars are made with an artisan’s care at our California garden. Our Blackberry Balsamic is a sofi™ Gold Award winner, while our other balsamic flavors are sure to provide a unique taste your palette has yet to experience. Our Champagne Mimosa and Pacific Spice are both sofi™ Award winners.They are all gluten free.

Chaparral Gardens vinegars are made with love and we hope that you make them a mainstay in your pantry for years to come.

SLO Veg offers quite a nice variety of fruit and balsamic vinegars we believe you’re sure to love. Click the “shop now” to view our marketplace and order with your next delivery.  If you have a delivery this week, with not enough time to get it listed, please shoot us an email, we will add it manually to your account for you to enjoy. It’s delicious!

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